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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 2037 1 of 2 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Senate Joint | |
| 6 | 6 | Resolution No. 15 | |
| 7 | 7 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 8 | 8 | LCO No. 2037 | |
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| 10 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 11 | Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION | |
| 12 | 12 | AND ELECTIONS | |
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| 14 | 14 | ||
| 15 | 15 | Introduced by: | |
| 16 | 16 | SEN. FAZIO, 36th Dist. | |
| 17 | 17 | SEN. SAMPSON, 16th Dist. | |
| 18 | 18 | SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist. | |
| 19 | 19 | SEN. GORDON, 35th Dist. | |
| 20 | 20 | REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist. | |
| 21 | 21 | REP. MARRA T., 141st Dist. | |
| 22 | 22 | REP. CHAFEE, 33rd Dist. | |
| 23 | 23 | REP. SANCHEZ, 6th Dist. | |
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| 26 | 26 | ||
| 27 | 27 | RESOLUTION AMENDING THE JOINT RULES CONCERNING THE | |
| 28 | 28 | ONLINE AVAILABILITY OF LENGTHY PROPOSED LEGISLATION | |
| 29 | 29 | PRIOR TO IT BEING TAKEN UP BY EITHER CHAMBER. | |
| 30 | 30 | Resolved by this Assembly: | |
| 31 | 31 | ||
| 32 | 32 | That the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives be 1 | |
| 33 | 33 | amended to require that any bill or amendment that is (1) fifty pages or 2 | |
| 34 | 34 | more but less than one hundred pages be posted online at least twenty-3 | |
| 35 | 35 | four hours before such bill or amendment is taken up by either chamber 4 | |
| 36 | 36 | of the General Assembly; (2) one hundred pages or more but less than 5 | |
| 37 | 37 | three hundred pages be posted online at least forty-eight hours before 6 | |
| 38 | 38 | such bill or amendment is taken up by either chamber of the General 7 | |
| 39 | 39 | Assembly; and (3) three hundred pages or more be posted online at least 8 | |
| 40 | 40 | seventy-two hours before such a bill or amendment is taken up by either 9 | |
| 41 | 41 | chamber of the General Assembly. 10 Proposed Senate Joint Resolution No. 15 | |
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| 43 | 43 | ||
| 44 | 44 | LCO No. 2037 2 of 2 | |
| 45 | 45 | ||
| 46 | 46 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 47 | 47 | To increase transparency by giving legislators and the public sufficient | |
| 48 | 48 | time to read lengthy bills by requiring lengthy legislation to be posted | |
| 49 | 49 | online within certain specified time periods before being acted upon by | |
| 50 | 50 | either chamber. |